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Photos by Nicole Wright/Staff Correspondent Top: Lilly Graham played Alice, while Amanda Fleischer was the Queen of Hearts. Middle: Kellen West was the caterpillar. Bottom: Russell Frederick as the Mad Hatter.

Photos by Nicole Wright/Staff Correspondent Top: Lilly Graham played Alice, while Amanda Fleischer was the Queen of Hearts. Middle: Kellen West was the caterpillar. Bottom: Russell Frederick as the Mad Hatter.

‘Alice in Wonderland: The Musical’ darling, daring

Body Andrews – The Community Youth Players latest production – Alice in Wonderland: The Musical – kicked off Friday night at the Valleytown Cultural Arts Center downtown.
Nicole Wright/Staff Correspondent Students and staff at Andrews Elementary School had a great time with all things reading and s’mores March 7.

Nicole Wright/Staff Correspondent Students and staff at Andrews Elementary School had a great time with all things reading and s’mores March 7.

Camp Read-A-Lot brings joys of books, s’mores

Body Andrews – Andrews Elementary School celebrated all things literary and bookish with its own Camp Read-A-Lot after-school event on March 7 to coincide with Read Across America.
The scenic drive on U.S. 19/129 in Cherokee County from U.S. 64/74 in Ranger to the Georgia state line is going to have construction delays for the next few years.

The scenic drive on U.S. 19/129 in Cherokee County from U.S. 64/74 in Ranger to the Georgia state line is going to have construction delays for the next few years.

Blairsville Highway under construction

Body The 3.8-mile, $55 million highway project is one of the largest of several N.C. Department of Transportation projects under way, about to start or nearing completion in Cherokee County. Delays are already present.
Photos by Anngee Quinones-Belian/Staff Correspondent  The Bellview Volunteer Fire Department celebrated with an open house Saturday.

Photos by Anngee Quinones-Belian/Staff Correspondent  The Bellview Volunteer Fire Department celebrated with an open house Saturday.

Firefighters have new place to call home

Body Bellview – Firefighters at the Bellview Volunteer Fire Department have a new place to call home.